Why I love my sysadmins, part II

So after many failed attempts to configure the connection strings in rgproto, as well as mucking through various SQL Server and ASP.NET configurations, I finally broke down and asked Bill for help... a few minutes later and he (of course) instantly saw what I should do: use the connection strings that worked for my test database, and just substitute the initial catalog. I had been trying to use his rgproto connection strings, and somehow substitute in my server/machine/account info.
Now I have my own local instance of R2, complete with database connectivity! Joy!